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• 1964 – Donald Campbell (pictured) set a record of 403.10 mph for jet propelled four-wheeled vehicles (Class A) on Lake Eyre.
• 2014 – Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by Russian-controlled forces over Ukraine killing all 298 on board, including 27 Australians.

International Observances.

• Constitution Day (South Korea)
• Gion Matsuri (Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto)
• Independence Day (Slovakia)
• International Firgun Day (international)
• King’s Birthday (Lesotho)
• U Tirot Sing Day (Meghalaya, India)
• World Day for International Justice (International)
• World Emoji Day (International)

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• 1800 – Reverends Richard Johnson and Samuel Marsden open a church school at Ryde.
• 1914 – Maurice Guillaux (pictured) leaves Melbourne to fly to Sydney in a Blériot monoplane in the first delivery of airmail. He arrived in Sydney on 18 July after nine and a half hours of flying time.
• 1962 – Public funding of private schools becomes an issue following a strike by parents and the community who closed Catholic schools in Goulburn, New South Wales.
• 1986 – An explosion at Moura No. 4 mine in Moura, Queensland kills 12 people.

International Observances.

• Engineer’s Day (Honduras)
• Holocaust Memorial Day (France)
• Guinea Pig Appreciation Day

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• 1851 – Charles La Trobe (pictured) appointed as first Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.
• 1912 – The first branch of the Commonwealth Bank opens.
• 1940 – The Volunteer Defence Force, composed mainly of World War I veterans, was formed for home defence by the Returned Services League.
• 1977 – Anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay disappears near Griffith, presumed murdered.
• 1995 – The Queensland state election produces a hung Parliament, but with the support of Gladstone-based independent Liz Cunningham the coalition form the government in Queensland.

International Observances.

• Bon Festival (Kantō region, Japan)
• Earliest day on which Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera can fall, while July 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Puerto Rico)
• Earliest day on which Galla…

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• 1792 – The Home Secretary authorises Governor Phillip to make land grants to civil and military officers.
• 1874 – Crawford Vaughan, Premier of South Australia from 1915–1917, is born in Adelaide.
• 1995 – The Australian Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag (pictured with Australian flag) are proclaimed as official Flags of Australia.
• 2001 – British backpacker, Peter Falconio disappears in the Australian outback. Bradley Murdoch is later found guilty of his murder.

International Observances.

• Bastille Day (France and dependencies)
• International Non-Binary People’s Day
• Republic Day (Iraq)
• Victoria Day (Sweden). The birthday of Crown Princess Victoria is an official flag flying day in Sweden.

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• 1791 – Allan Cunningham, botanist and explorer, best known for discovering the Darling Downs is born in Wimbledon, London.
• 1945 – Ben Chifley (pictured) becomes sixteenth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1961 – Australian rules footballer, Tim Watson is born.
• 1997 – A crowd of over 100,000 people watch the Royal Canberra Hospital implosion. Twelve-year-old Katie Bender is killed instantly when debris from the site travels across Lake Burley Griffin.

International Observances.

• Feast of Kalimát, first day of the seventh month of the Baháʼí calendar. (Baháʼí Faith)
• Statehood Day (Montenegro)
• The last day of Naadam (Mongolia)
• Kashmir Martyrs’ Day (Pakistan)

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• 1855 – David Angus, founder of Angus & Robertson, born in Thurso, Scotland.
• 1866 – Frederick Augustus Bolles Peters, the founder of Peters Icecream, “The Health Food of a Nation” born in Scio, Michigan.
• 1957 – Larry Anthony, federal minister in the Menzies Government, dies in Murwillumbah, New South Wales. His son, Doug Anthony, is elected in a subsequent by-election as Member for the Division of Richmond.

International Observances.

• Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga (Tonga)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kiribati from the United Kingdom in 1979.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal in 1975.
• The second day of Naadam (Mongolia)
• The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen’s Day (Northern Ireland, Scotland…

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• 1916 – Gough Whitlam (pictured), later Prime Minister of Australia, was born.
• 1974 – Sir John Kerr sworn in as Governor-General of Australia.
• 1979 – American space station Skylab crashes in Western Australia
• 1987 – The Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party returned to power after a double dissolution federal election.
• 1990 – Sarah MacDiarmid, age 23, disappears and likely murdered at Kananook railway station, Melbourne. The crime remains unsolved.

International Observances.

• China National Maritime Day (China)
• Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)
• Day of the Flemish Community (Flemish Community of Belgium)
• Eleventh Night (Northern Ireland)
• Free Slurpee Day (Participating stores of the 7-Eleven chain in North America)
• National Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of the Citizens of the Polish…

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• 1812 – The report of a Select Committee on transportation, the first study of transportation generally supports Lachlan Macquarie’s liberal policies.
• 1864 – Austin Chapman, Minister for Defence in the first Deakin Government, is born in Bong Bong, New South Wales.
• 1908 – John Armstrong, Minister in the Chifley Government and Lord Mayor of Sydney, is born in Ultimo, New South Wales.
• 1911 – King George V grants the title of Royal Australian Navy to Australia’s naval forces.

International Observances.

• Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)
• Independence Day (Bahamas), celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973.
• Nikola Tesla Day
• Statehood Day (Wyoming)

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• 1941 – Australian forces in Lebanon capture Damour, opening the way to Beirut and leading the Vichy French to seek an armistice.
• 1946 – Bon Scott (pictured), lead singer of AC/DC is born.

International Observances.

• Arbor Day (Cambodia)
• Constitution Day (Australia)
• Constitution Day (Palau)
• Constitutionalist Revolution Day (São Paulo)
• Day of the Employees of the Diplomatic Service (Azerbaijan)
• Independence Day, celebrates the declaration of independence of the United Provinces of South America by the Congress of Tucumán in 1816. (Argentina)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011.
• Nunavut Day (Nunavut)

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• 1882 – Percy Grainger (pictured), Australian pianist and composer, born in Melbourne.
• 1936 – The Federal Government announces an increase in military training strength, in response to the rise of fascism in Europe.
• 1963 – Margaret Court becomes the first Australian woman to win the Women’s Singles tennis championship at Wimbledon.
• 1991 – The first share offer for the newly privatised Commonwealth Bank.
• 2005 – Defecting Chinese diplomat Chen Yonglin is awarded a protection visa.

International Observances.

• Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (Ukraine)

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• 1826 – Charles Todd responsible for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line born.
• 1851 – News of the discovery of gold at Clunes, Victoria is published in the Geelong Advertiser.
• 1907 – The Australian Navy Cadets is established.
• 1945 – The Australian 7th Division commences operations in the Battle of Balikpapan. Operations are completed by 21 July.
• 1960 – Eight-year-old Graeme Thorne is kidnapped and held for ransom after his parents win a lottery.
• 1975 – Footballer and Brownlow Medal winner, Michael Voss (pictured) is born.
• 1986 – Brian Chambers and Kevin Barlow become the first westerners executed in Malaysia under strict new Asian drug-trafficking laws.
• 1991 – The Australian Republican Movement was formed amidst a growing debate about Australian republicanism.
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• 1813 – The first commercial shipment of wool sent to Britain by John and Elizabeth Macarthur.
• 1892 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the man with the donkey at Gallipoli born.
• 1904 – Street lights in Sydney are electrically lit.
• 1925 – Actress Ruth Cracknell born in Maitland, New South Wales.
• 1940 – The Story Bridge (pictured) is opened in Brisbane
• 1942 – Elements of the Australian 9th Division arrive in El Alamein. The Division subsequently takes part in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein.
• 1945 – Frank Forde becomes the fifteenth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1951 – Actor Geoffrey Rush is born in Toowoomba, Queensland.
• 1964 – Kevin Conway was killed in action, the first Australian battle casualty in the Vietnam…

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• 1851 – James Esmond announces the discovery of gold at Clunes, Victoria leading to the start of the Victorian Gold Rush.
• 1854 – The Mercury was first published in Hobart.
• 1900 – The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (UK) passed. It received royal assent on the 9th.
• 1905 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
• 1945 – John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, died while in office.
• 1980 – Evonne Goolagong (pictured) defeats Chris Evert to win her second women’s singles title.
• 1985 – Justice Lionel Murphy of the High Court is convicted of perverting the course of justice.
• 2001 – Australia and newly independent East Timor sign the Timor Gap Treaty.
• 2004 – Australia and Thailand…